Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 14, 2026
Law Offices of Steven C. Adams, PLLC respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and disclosed when you visit www.stevencadamslaw.com, contact the firm, or use an online intake form linked through this website.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through this website and related online services controlled by Law Offices of Steven C. Adams, PLLC.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Complete an intake or contact form

• Request a consultation

• Send an email

• Call the office

• Submit information through Clio Grow

• Communicate with the firm through another website feature

This information may include:

• First and last name

• Email address

• Telephone number

• County or location

• General case type

• Court date

• Information included in a message or intake submission

• Other information you choose to provide

Do not submit confidential, highly sensitive, or time-sensitive information through the website unless specifically instructed to do so by the firm.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

• Internet Protocol address

• Browser type

• Device type

• Operating system

• Referring website

• Pages viewed

• Links clicked

• Date and time of access

• General geographic region

• Website activity and interaction data

• Cookie and similar technology identifiers

This information is generally used to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the website.
2. How We Use Information
The firm may use collected information to:

• Review and respond to inquiries

• Conduct an initial conflict check

• Evaluate whether the firm may be able to assist

• Contact prospective clients

• Schedule consultations

• Administer the client intake process

• Provide requested information

• Maintain business and intake records

• Operate and improve the website

• Measure website traffic and performance

• Evaluate marketing and referral sources

• Protect the website and firm systems

• Prevent fraud, spam, misuse, or security incidents

• Comply with legal, ethical, regulatory, or court requirements

• Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights

Submitting information does not guarantee that the firm will accept your matter or contact you within a particular period.
3. No Attorney-Client Relationship
Visiting this website, contacting the firm, or submitting an intake or contact form does not create an attorney-client relationship.
An attorney-client relationship is created only after:

1. The firm confirms that no conflict prevents representation;

2. The firm agrees to accept the matter; and

3. The attorney and client complete any required engagement agreement.

Until those steps occur, information submitted through the website may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege.
Do not send information that is confidential, sensitive, or subject to an immediate deadline unless the firm has agreed to represent you.
4. Clio Grow Intake Forms
The firm uses Clio Grow for prospective-client intake and related communications.
When you select an intake link, you may be directed to a form hosted or processed by Clio. Information submitted through that form may be transmitted to and stored within Clio’s systems.
Clio is operated by Themis Solutions Inc. Clio maintains its own privacy policy, terms, and data-handling practices. The firm does not control every technical process used by Clio.
Information submitted through Clio Grow may be used to:

• Create a prospective-client record

• Review the nature of an inquiry

• Conduct conflict checks

• Track communication and follow-up

• Schedule consultations

• Send forms or documents

• Convert a prospective-client record into a client or matter record if representation begins

Use of Clio does not change the requirement that the firm must separately agree to represent you.
5. Website Hosting and Wix
This website is built and hosted using Wix.
Wix may process technical, device, usage, cookie, security, and website interaction information as part of providing hosting, content delivery, form, security, and website management services.
Wix maintains its own privacy policy and data-processing practices. Some information may be processed or stored through systems located outside Mississippi.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:

• Keep the website operating correctly

• Remember visitor preferences

• Measure website traffic

• Understand how visitors use the website

• Improve navigation and performance

• Measure calls, intake clicks, and other conversions

• Detect errors or security problems

• Support advertising or remarketing, when enabled

Some cookies are necessary for website operation. Other cookies may be used for analytics, functionality, or advertising.
Where available, you may manage nonessential cookie preferences through the website’s cookie banner or privacy settings. You may also adjust cookie settings through your browser. Blocking cookies may affect website functionality.
7. Analytics and Tracking Services
The website may use third-party measurement and tracking services, including:

• Google Analytics

• Google Tag Manager

• Microsoft Clarity

• Meta Pixel

• Wix Analytics

• Call or conversion tracking services

These providers may collect information about website visits, device characteristics, interactions, referral sources, and general location.
The firm may use this information to understand website performance, improve content, measure marketing results, and identify technical problems.
These providers operate under their own privacy policies and may use cookies or similar technologies.
8. Google Maps and External Services
The website may include Google Maps, directions, embedded content, social media links, videos, or links to third-party websites.
When you use these features, the applicable third party may collect information under its own privacy policy.
The firm is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data practices of websites or services it does not control.
9. How Information May Be Shared
The firm does not sell personal information.
Information may be disclosed to service providers that assist the firm with:

• Website hosting

• Client intake

• Practice management

• Email

• Telephone services

• Scheduling

• Analytics

• Website maintenance

• Cybersecurity

• Data storage

• Marketing measurement

• Professional services

These providers receive information only as reasonably necessary to perform their services or as permitted by their agreements and applicable law.
Information may also be disclosed:

• With your authorization

• To carry out requested services

• To comply with a subpoena, court order, law, or legal process

• To respond to governmental or regulatory requests

• To protect the rights, property, safety, or security of the firm or others

• To investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents

• In connection with the operation, restructuring, or transfer of the law practice

• As otherwise permitted or required by law or professional obligations

Information relating to an established attorney-client relationship is also subject to applicable professional confidentiality requirements.
10. Attorney Confidentiality
Lawyers have professional obligations concerning information relating to client representation.
The firm uses technology vendors and cloud-based services where reasonably necessary to operate the practice. The firm takes reasonable steps to select and use service providers consistent with its professional responsibilities.
No internet transmission, electronic storage system, email service, or online platform can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
The use of this website should not be treated as a substitute for direct communication with the attorney concerning confidential or urgent matters.
11. Data Security
The firm uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
These measures may include:

• Password protections

• Account access controls

• Multifactor authentication

• Secure hosting

• Vendor security controls

• Limited access to firm systems

• Software and system updates

• Internal handling procedures

No security measure eliminates all risk. The firm cannot guarantee that information submitted through the internet will never be intercepted, accessed, lost, or misused.
12. Data Retention
The firm may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Review an inquiry

• Conduct conflict checks

• Maintain intake records

• Provide legal services

• Meet legal and ethical obligations

• Maintain security and business records

• Resolve disputes

• Enforce agreements

• Defend legal claims

Information may be retained even when the firm does not accept a matter, particularly when necessary for conflict-checking, recordkeeping, security, or legal compliance.
Retention periods may vary based on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
13. Email and Telephone Communications
Email and standard telephone communications may not be fully secure.
Do not send sensitive documents, Social Security numbers, financial account information, passwords, detailed medical information, or other highly sensitive information by ordinary email unless directed by the firm.
Telephone calls may be documented in the firm’s intake or practice-management systems.
The firm does not intend to record telephone calls without notice or authorization where required.
14. Text Messages
If you provide a mobile telephone number, the firm may use it to respond to your inquiry or communicate about scheduling, intake, or an existing matter.
Message and data rates may apply.
The firm will not use automated promotional text messaging without any consent required by applicable law.
Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of hiring the firm.
You may request that text communications stop by replying STOP or by contacting the office.
15. Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for adults seeking legal information or legal services.
The firm does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through this website without appropriate authorization.
A parent or legal guardian seeking assistance concerning a minor should submit their own contact information and avoid providing unnecessary sensitive information about the child through the initial website form.
16. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may request to:

• Learn what personal information the firm maintains about you

• Correct inaccurate information

• Request deletion of certain information

• Withdraw certain communications permissions

• Opt out of nonessential cookies

• Stop marketing emails or text messages

These rights are not absolute.
The firm may retain information when necessary for:

• Conflict checks

• Legal services

• Professional responsibilities

• Legal claims

• Security

• Recordkeeping

• Compliance with law

• Protection of the firm or its clients

A request concerning information held as part of an attorney-client relationship may also be governed by professional conduct rules, court rules, document-retention obligations, and the terms of the engagement.
17. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers allow users to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal.
Because there is no universally accepted standard governing these signals, the website may not respond to every Do Not Track request.
Visitors may use browser controls and the website’s available cookie settings to manage certain tracking technologies.
18. Information From Outside the United States
The firm primarily serves clients and prospective clients in Mississippi.
If you access the website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, processed in, or stored in the United States or another country where a service provider operates.
By using the website, you understand that privacy laws may differ from those in your location.
19. Data Breach Response
If the firm becomes aware of unauthorized access to information, it will evaluate the incident and take action considered appropriate under the circumstances.
The firm will provide notices when required by applicable law.
20. Third-Party Links
The website may contain links to:

• Courts

• Government agencies

• Clio

• Google

• Social media platforms

• Legal resources

• Other third-party websites

A link does not mean the firm controls or endorses the third party’s privacy or security practices.
Review the privacy policy of any external website before submitting personal information.
21. Changes to This Privacy Policy
The firm may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in:

• Website features

• Technology providers

• Intake procedures

• Legal requirements

• Security practices

• Business operations

The effective date at the top of the policy will be revised when material changes are published.
Continued use of the website after an update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
22. Contact Information
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Law Offices of Steven C. Adams, PLLC
102 West Main Street
Starkville, Mississippi 39759
Phone: (662) 614-4849
Email: Scadams103@gmail.com
For urgent legal matters, court dates, warrants, arrests, or other time-sensitive issues, call the office directly. Submission of a privacy request or website form does not preserve any legal deadline.
23. General Disclaimer
This Privacy Policy describes the firm’s general website privacy practices. It does not create contractual rights, expand the scope of any attorney-client relationship, or provide legal advice.
This website provides general legal information only. Viewing the website or submitting information does not create an attorney-client relationship.